November 02, 2011, 7:35PM

The governor's plans coincide with President Barack Obama's announcement last week that the United States will withdraw nearly all troops from Iraq by the end of the year, effectively bringing the long and divisive war in Iraq to an end. Full story »

October 12, 2011, 6:00AM

Nationwide, about 275 public housing authorities - roughly 9 percent - have adopted smoke-free policies for some or all of their properties, said Jim Bergman, director of the Smoke-Free Environments Law Project in Michigan, a nonprofit that tracks the issue. Full story »